Serie A Superthread

irishman86 · 16-10-2017 11:25AM

NIMAN wrote: »

My Bro follows Italian football, has done for decades.

Has been telling me recently how entertaining some of the teams are this season.

I watched the highlights of Juve Lazio and now the Milan derby, and isn't it sad that there is still a huge belief in Ireland/UK that Italian football is negative and boring.

Those folk are still talking about the pool v Utd game at the weekend too.

Could't agree more
Six players scored more than 20 goals to five in England
Its the same with La Liga those who watch the smaller teams are shocked how often there is a exciting game

Jelle1880 · 16-10-2017 11:41AM

NIMAN wrote: »

My Bro follows Italian football, has done for decades.

Has been telling me recently how entertaining some of the teams are this season.

I watched the highlights of Juve Lazio and now the Milan derby, and isn't it sad that there is still a huge belief in Ireland/UK that Italian football is negative and boring.

Those folk are still talking about the pool v Utd game at the weekend too.

Not just Ireland, it's pretty much prevalent everywhere.

Imo it's one of the most entertaining competitions around these days, if not the most entertaining.

16-10-2017 12:54PM

MD1990 wrote: »

Napoli I think will win Serie A this season.

What a team to watch.

Problem for them will be if a few injuries and when the season gets passed February. I think they will tire and fall away.

NIMAN · 17-10-2017 08:18AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Problem for them will be if a few injuries and when the season gets passed February. I think they will tire and fall away.

Will be interesting to see how they fare against the free-scoring Man City in the CL this week.

17-10-2017 07:23PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Will be interesting to see how they fare against the free-scoring Man City in the CL this week.

4 - 4

You heard it from here first

justshane · 19-10-2017 02:56AM

Roma looked great tonight going forward, but it's clear to see why they're not top 3 so far in the league. Shocking at the back.

Mr.Nice Guy · 21-10-2017 07:29PM

First vs second coming up shortly. Here are the teams:

Napoli XI: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne.

Inter XI: Handanovic; D'Ambrosio, Skriniar, Miranda, Nagatomo; Gagliardini, Borja Valero, Vecino; Candreva, Icardi, Perisic.

Tough one to call. I'll sit on the fence and say a draw.

Rekop dog · 21-10-2017 07:37PM

There's something about Napoli when they've a chance to show a bit of conviction at the top of the table they tend to bottle it. That coupled with midweek exertions would male me side with inter.

irishguitarlad · 21-10-2017 08:16PM

Insigne is great to watch.

Mr.Nice Guy · 21-10-2017 08:38PM

Handanovic made some important saves to keep it goalless at half-time. Looks like Callejon is in some discomfort with his knee. Wonder if he will be out for the 2nd half.

Update: Callejon is involved.

ERG89 · 21-10-2017 09:15PM

Not sure to credit Inter or criticise Napoli for them being ineffective in the second half. I can nearly see Inter knicking a goal on the break.

Mr.Nice Guy · 21-10-2017 09:39PM

Handanovic MOTM for me. He's kept Inter in the game.

Update: Full-Time and it ends 0-0. It was a cagey game but I didn't think it was as bad as that scoreline might suggest. Handanovic made good saves to earn the point. Good chance for Juve and Lazio to close the gap tomorrow.

ERG89 · 22-10-2017 03:54PM

Bonucci letting down Milan today, I'm so surprised :rolleyes:
1 win, 1 draw & 4 defeats in the last 6 in the league now. I can only think Montella is still employed cause they can get nobody else.

Rekop dog · 22-10-2017 04:00PM

We're probably the worst performing side in Europe when you consider money spent.

Rekop dog · 22-10-2017 08:41PM

Juve scored 6 and not one of those was from their front 4.

Jelle1880 · 22-10-2017 08:44PM

Immobile with another 2 goals, he's going for Signori's record :pac:

JPA · 22-10-2017 09:20PM

Rekop dog wrote: »

Juve scored 6 and not one of those was from their front 4.

Khedira hattrick. Must be a first.

Mr.Nice Guy · 23-10-2017 12:10AM

Stunning result for Juventus.

Immobile is in great form for Lazio and I'm glad Ireland won't have to face him in the play-offs, although I see Cornelius got the winner for Atalanta and I believe we could wind up against him in a few weeks.

Headshot · 24-10-2017 09:04PM

Have to say Spalletti has done a great job with Inter so far

Headshot · 24-10-2017 09:32PM

I dont really know what to think of Icardi.

He's goal scoring record is super but he's overall play is just poor

Headshot · 25-10-2017 08:19PM

Wow this Milan team is really really bad

Some waste of money during the summer

ERG89 · 25-10-2017 08:30PM

Individuality & Luck 2-0 Chievo.
It's such a badly managed team though. Why the f**k are they playing with a back 3 & not dropping poor performing players?

irishman86 · 25-10-2017 11:43PM

Headshot wrote: »

Wow this Milan team is really really bad

Some waste of money during the summer

They won 4-1
I wish more teams i support had really really bad teams like that :pac:

ERG89 · 25-10-2017 11:59PM

What a job Simone Inzaghi is doing at Lazio. Reappointing him when Bielsa walked was a stroke of luck for them.

Mr.Nice Guy · 27-10-2017 12:20AM

Milan vs Juventus should be a good one on Saturday with both coming off 4-1 wins.

justshane · 27-10-2017 09:26AM

Can't wait. Thank Juve will win easily enough though. Be interesting to see Leo B v his old team.

27-10-2017 09:47AM

justshane wrote: »

Can't wait. Thank Juve will win easily enough though. Be interesting to see Leo B v his old team.

You'll have to wait until March at the least to see this

ERG89 · 27-10-2017 11:24AM

Deleted User wrote:

You'll have to wait until March at the least to see this

Him being out is probably a good thing for Milan at this stage. Both these teams have been poor defensively this term though. I'd fancy Juve considering Milan's utter failure of every difficult test this season so far

Rekop dog · 27-10-2017 03:16PM

Yeah wouldn't hold out the slightest bit of hope for Milan.

Stephen15 · 27-10-2017 04:54PM

NIMAN wrote: »

My Bro follows Italian football, has done for decades.

Has been telling me recently how entertaining some of the teams are this season.

I watched the highlights of Juve Lazio and now the Milan derby, and isn't it sad that there is still a huge belief in Ireland/UK that Italian football is negative and boring.

Those folk are still talking about the pool v Utd game at the weekend too.

I agree. Italian teams are no longer the defensive outfits they were in the 90's and 00's plenty of good attacking football these days look at teams like Napoli and Lazio these days and you'll find thats no longer the case.

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